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The Cambridge Dictionary gives four definitions Independence two of which are (1) "freedom from being governed or ruled by another country" and (2) "the ability to live your life without being helped or influenced by other people".1 The other two definitions are similar to those above. The Cambridge Dictionary gives several definitions of freedom, one of which is concerned more with American History (see the Bill of Rights) than freedom itself. Freedom is defined as (1) "the condition or right of being able or allowed to do whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited" and (2) "Freedom is also the state of not being in prison or in the condition of slavery (= condition of being legally owned by someone else)."2